| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronquist Microphlox, Caespitosae |
| Bibliography | Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 17: 135 (1959) |
| Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-4300m |
| Description | taproot, leaves crowded, rigid, 5-12mm, glabrous to glandular, flowers solitary, sessile, terminal, corolla tube 9-13mm long, limb 10-14mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale blue, white |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Phlox caespitosa ssp. platyphylla Wherry Phlox caepitosa ssp. pulvinata Wherry Phlox sibirica ssp. pulvinata (Wherry) W.A.Weber |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |
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